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Frequently asked questions

FIFA continually reviews the game of football with a view to improving the universality and fairness of the sport. However, the only body able to decide on any change relating to the Laws of the Game is The International Football Association Board (The IFAB), which comprises FIFA and the national associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. For The IFAB to discuss your proposal, it first has to be sent to and approved by the football association in your country, before being submitted on your behalf. For further information, please contact The IFAB here.

All vacancies for roles at FIFA are posted in the Careers section on FIFA.com, FIFA’s LinkedIn page and other online platforms. Applications for vacancies can only be submitted via our online recruitment tool (a link will be provided in the job advert). We do not accept applications via any other method, e.g. by e-mail or post. Please note that, due to the many applications we receive, response times can vary, but we will get back to you as soon as we can. Good luck!

Yes. Visitors are welcome in the entrance lobby and gardens at the Home of FIFA in Zurich from Monday to Friday, between the hours of 08.00 and 18.00. In the lobby, there is a small souvenir shop, which is open from 08.30 to 17.30. Corporate or group guided visits are available upon request by contacting visit@fifa.org. You can also visit the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich where you can explore the history of FIFA and global football. You can find out more about the museum below or on the official website.

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The museum is the new home of football history, and is dedicated to preserving the game’s rich heritage and celebrating the way the sport connects people everywhere. It showcases more than 1,000 exclusive football exhibits, covering every edition of the FIFA World Cup™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup™, and both the FIFA World Cup Trophy and the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy are on permanent display. The museum is also home to the Wall of Champions, where every player to have won the FIFA World Cup™ is immortalised. Although it celebrates history, it is also a museum fit for the 21st century, where interactive displays and games mingle with 60 huge screens showing nearly 500 videos. It is a place for fun, nowhere more so than the giant pinball game, and the dedicated companion app offers an audio guide and augmented reality experiences in four different languages. The museum also offers world-class corporate facilities and a shop. It is located in the heart of Zurich and easily accessed by public transport. More information on all aspects of the museum can be found on the official website.

Tickets for all FIFA matches are sold to fans directly and exclusively via FIFA.com. Any fans wishing to purchase tickets should visit the FIFA Tournaments section on FIFA.com for regular updates, follow @FIFA.com on Twitter or register for the FIFA.com Club to receive the latest news on ticket sales.

Regrettably, we are unable to help with requests for financial assistance. We support a number of our own initiatives all over the world aimed at helping local communities, using the power of football as a tool for social development and integration. These activities are conducted primarily through our Football for Hope programme. To learn more about FIFA’s general work in these areas, please visit our Development and Sustainability sections on FIFA.com.

Legal enquiries may be addressed to the FIFA Legal & Integrity Division.

Please be informed that all correspondence with the FIFA Legal & Integrity Division must be duly signed & dated and submitted in English, French, Spanish or German in the form of a PDF file to the following email address: legal@fifa.org

FIFA’s football development and financial support for its 211 member associations includes a range of football materials, such as refereeing equipment. Please contact your Member Association to find out what materials are available.

Volunteers are a vital part of our team at all FIFA events, making a considerable contribution to the success of our competitions. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for a FIFA tournament, please contact the Local Organising Committee of the tournament in which you are interested by checking the FIFA Tournaments section of FIFA.com.

FIFA is the global guardian and governing body of football, representing and serving 211 national football associations. Our mission is to develop football everywhere and for all, to touch, inspire and unite the world with international events, and to build a better future through the power of the game. We work with our members to protect and strengthen the integrity of football, and to create a solid foundation for the future health of the sport. We redistribute the financial success of the FIFA World Cup™ so that everyone can have the chance to play football. FIFA also recognises it has a duty to society that goes beyond the game: we are committed to working in as fair, ethical and sustainable way as possible.

For more information, visit the Who We Are section on FIFA.com or visit the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich, where you can learn more about FIFA’s mission, its founders and its history.

The vast majority of FIFA’s revenue comes from the FIFA World Cup™, through media and broadcasting rights, sponsorship and ticket sales. The success and sustainability of this event is crucial to FIFA’s work, our ability to support our member associations, and the future of global football development. Thanks to the popularity of the FIFA World Cup™, we are able to attract private sector funding to help with the costs of staging all of our international tournaments, of running and governing the global game, and of delivering global football development programmes. In line with our guiding principle of solidarity, we aim to give as much of our revenue as possible back to the global football community. For more details on FIFA’s finances and how revenues are raised and then distributed, please refer to the FIFA Financial and Governance Report and the Solidarity Model.

FIFA has a zero-tolerance approach towards match manipulation. FIFA’s Early Warning System (EWS) was founded in 2005 with the aim of ensuring the integrity of football worldwide. This state-of-the-art system helps to monitor FIFA competitions by identifying irregular activity on the sports betting market and exposing potential match manipulation. In addition, the FIFA Integrity Initiative, launched in 2012, supports all 211 member associations and focuses on five main areas: prevention, detection, intelligence-gathering, investigation and sanctions. FIFA has an expert, in-house match integrity team that analyses and assists member associations and confederations on request, and helps them to establish structures and processes for fighting match manipulation. This integrated approach provides member associations with a range of services such as training and education, legal and disciplinary, security, betting monitoring, and fraud detection and prevention, and involves reviewing policies and procedures, conducting analyses of threats and vulnerability, and assessing the effectiveness of regulations and laws against match manipulation at national and confederation level.

For more information, please refer to the Security section on FIFA.com.

FIFA has a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination of any kind. This is firmly incorporated in our statutes and regulatory framework (e.g. Code of Ethics, Disciplinary Code, Code of Conduct). In May 2013, the FIFA Congress approved a resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination, which is based on three major principles: education, prevention, and sanctions (including sporting sanctions such as fines and playing a match on neutral territory or without spectators). FIFA has also introduced an anti-discrimination monitoring system for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ qualifiers. This system includes the use of anti-discrimination match observers to monitor and report issues of discrimination during matches. It will be coordinated by FIFA and implemented with the Fare network, an organisation with considerable experience in the fight against discrimination in football and in the deployment of match observers. FIFA has issued a Good Practice Guide on Diversity and Anti-Discrimination to its 211 member associations in order to encourage the football world to embrace anti-discrimination initiatives in the most effective way.

FIFA strongly condemns all forms of violence and finds it wholly unacceptable to see such shameful scenes around football matches perpetrated by a minority of troublemakers who have nothing to do with football and its true fans. Football competitions are attended by thousands of people simply with the intention of celebrating football and enjoying the matches, and that is how it always should be. The home association or home club is responsible for stadium safety and is liable for improper conduct among spectators. Similarly, the visiting association or visiting club is liable for improper conduct among its own group of fans. If an association fails to fulfil these obligations, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may impose sanctions such as fines and playing a match on neutral territory or without spectators.

For the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, detailed security planning by the local authorities began from the moment the host country was chosen. The relevant Russian authorities are putting in place a comprehensive security concept for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, of course incorporating any lessons learnt from other events such as EURO 2016 and Rio 2016 in order to try to avoid any repetition of such incidents.

Yes. The FIFA Code of Ethics was drafted in 2004 to protect the integrity and reputation of football. Please refer to the Governance section of FIFA.com for more information and to access the full FIFA Code of Ethics.

We are determined to keep football free of doping. It is our duty to protect players from harm and to ensure that all footballers compete on a level playing field. Our anti-doping strategy focuses on education and prevention. Our commitment to the fight against doping includes stringent doping control regulations, such as the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations, ongoing data collection and support for evidence-based research. We are committed partners of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as part of the important global effort to safeguard the health of athletes, and to promote the spirit of fair competition everywhere.

In order to be eligible to apply for Football for Hope support, your organisation must:

- be a legal and registered entity with non-governmental status (non-governmental organisation, community-based organisation, charity, football association, etc.)
- be politically and religiously independent, and not-for-profit
- be non-discriminatory in every way (race, skin colour, ethnicity, national or social origin, gender, disability, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, wealth, birth or any other status, and sexual orientation, etc.)
- be direct providers of ongoing, regular and well-established programmes that involve football
- address social issues, and focus on children and young people
- have experience of working in a given local community or in similar communities
- be financially sustainable and have a long-term approach
- be unaffiliated to competitors of FIFA’s Commercial Affiliates

If you meet all of the above criteria, please send an e-mail to info@footballforhope.org to request an information package.

Tickets for all FIFA matches are sold to fans directly and exclusively via FIFA.com. Any fans wishing to purchase tickets should visit the FIFA Tournaments section on FIFA.com for regular updates, follow @FIFA.com on Twitter or register for the FIFA.com Club to receive the latest news on ticket sales.

Volunteers are a vital part of our team at all FIFA events, making a considerable contribution to the success of our competitions. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for a FIFA tournament, please contact the Local Organising Committee of the tournament in which you are interested by checking the FIFA Tournaments section of FIFA.com.

FIFA brings together people from all over the world through the FIFA World Cup™, the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and its many other competitions. In total, FIFA organises 16 different football tournaments, including futsal and beach soccer. Information about all of these events can be found in the FIFA Tournaments section on FIFA.com.

One of the most important and effective ways of raising the profile and popularity of football, and helping to develop the game around the world, is to stage international tournaments in as many different countries and regions as possible. This puts the spotlight on new nations, encourages investment and interest in football in the host nation, helps to foster greater understanding between people, and inspires greater participation in the game. As the representative body of 211 national football associations, FIFA believes that it would be unfair for just one or two regions, or a handful of nations, to dominate the hosting of major international tournaments. Such a restriction would hinder the global growth of the game and create an unfair advantage for those nations that already have highly developed sports industries.

Football’s decision-makers strive to select a diverse range of hosts for FIFA’s tournaments. The host of each FIFA World Cup™ is selected by representatives of the global football community from a list of potential candidates. It is not the individual choice of the FIFA President or the FIFA administration, but a collective decision made by a vote involving elected representatives from all over the world, and based on individual assessments of the candidates’ bids. First, members of the FIFA Council, global football’s senior strategic and oversight body, vote to select a shortlist for potential hosts of the FIFA World Cup™. This shortlist is then submitted to the FIFA Congress, where all 211 member associations are able to vote for their preferred host.

Prospective hosts must show that they are able to deliver a successful tournament and meet a range of strict criteria, from stadium and environmental standards to legacy programmes and security.

The economic impact of the FIFA World Cup™ on a host country is a subject that has sparked intense debate. While there is no consensus on this subject, preparations for each tournament require substantial, long-term investments in the host’s economy and infrastructure by FIFA, the national government and other stakeholders. These investments live on beyond the life of the competition. The impact varies from edition to edition, and depends to a large extent on the host country and the way the event is organised. FIFA advises against raising expectations of any significant positive economic impact from hosting a FIFA competition. Instead, we encourage host nations to focus on the whole picture of staging a FIFA World Cup™, including long-term infrastructure improvements, football development, legacy projects and nation-building, etc. Staging the tournament involves the transportation of millions of people to matches and Fan Fests, catering for their health and safety, dealing with waste from stadiums, recruiting and training thousands of volunteers, providing an event that is accessible for everyone and broadcasting matches to over 200 countries and territories. An event of this scale inevitably has an impact on society and the environment in the host country. As the organisers of this event, we believe it is our responsibility to work with all involved to limit the negative impact of the FIFA World Cup™, while at the same time working to maximise the positive impact it can have. For full details, please refer to our Sustainability Report on our website, FIFA.com.

The FIFA World Cup™ is the biggest single-sport competition in the world. Staging the tournament involves the transportation of millions of people to matches and Fan Fests, catering for their health and safety, dealing with waste from stadiums, recruiting and training thousands of volunteers, providing an event that is accessible for everyone, and broadcasting matches to over 200 countries. An event of this size inevitably has an impact on society and the environment in the host country. As the organisers of this tournament, we believe it is our responsibility to work with all involved to limit the negative impact of the FIFA World Cup™, while at the same time working to maximise the positive impact it can have.

FIFA introduced a third pillar to its mission in 2005 – to build a better future through football. Since then, sustainability has gained an increasingly important role in FIFA’s operations, culminating in the development of our first comprehensive sustainability strategy for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. To find out more about the implementation of this strategy and how things are shaping up in this area for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, please read our Sustainability Report or visit the Sustainability section on our website, FIFA.com.

About half of the world’s population tune in to enjoy the state-of-the-art broadcast production of the FIFA World Cup™, whether it is on television, in cinemas, at public viewing events, on radio or on multimedia platforms. FIFA’s award-winning TV Sub-Division works hard to deliver the highest quality production of matches so that fans everywhere can experience the very best coverage of the world’s biggest single-sport event. FIFA TV also works closely with hundreds of broadcasters to transmit all the drama and excitement of the FIFA World Cup™ to audiences in every individual territory, providing crucial income for the global development of football and uniting the world through the game.

Tickets for all FIFA matches are sold to fans directly and exclusively via FIFA.com. Any fans wishing to purchase tickets should visit the FIFA Tournaments section on FIFA.com for regular updates, follow @FIFA.com on Twitter or register for the FIFA.com Club to receive the latest news on ticket sales.

Prices for 2018 FIFA World Cup™ tickets were set following thorough market research, taking economic fluctuations and prices from previous FIFA World Cup™ tournaments into consideration.

Tickets in categories 1, 2 and 3 are in a slightly higher price range compared with equivalent tickets from the Brazilian edition of the FIFA World Cup™ in 2014. This was also the case when equivalent tickets from the South African edition of the FIFA World Cup™ in 2010 were compared with corresponding tickets for the Brazilian edition. On the other hand, domestic residents in Russia will have exclusive access to category 4 tickets, which are lower in price than their Brazilian ticket equivalents were for the 2014 competition.

The FIFA World Cup™ is a unique tournament and, following research and comparisons with ticket pricing structures for other major international sporting events, FIFA believes that its ticket prices for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ are on a par with other sports events. We are confident that Russian and international football fans will be able to access tickets at a broad range of prices and categories.

When analysing the price of tickets for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ final, we would kindly suggest you take a look at prices for similar major sports events (e.g. the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the final of the 2016 UEFA EURO, the UFC or the Super Bowl).

Legal enquiries may be addressed to the FIFA Legal & Integrity Division.

Please be informed that all correspondence with the FIFA Legal & Integrity Division must be duly signed & dated and submitted in English, French, Spanish or German in the form of a PDF file to the following email address: legal@fifa.org

Questions concerning the status and transfer of players may be addressed to the FIFA Players' Status Department.

Please be informed that all correspondence with the FIFA Players’ Status Department must be duly signed & dated and submitted in English, French, Spanish or German in the form of a PDF file to the following email address: psdfifa@fifa.org

This is most likely a fraudulent e-mail or a scam. Unfortunately, this is an ongoing issue that we are unable to stop. We advise that you do not respond to such correspondence or provide any personal information to the contacts listed in the e-mails. We also suggest that you forward the e-mail to your local authorities for further investigation.

Our Official Marks (e.g. the FIFA logo, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, the Official Emblem, the Official Mascot and the Official Look of a FIFA tournament, including the FIFA World Cup™) are protected around the world by strict intellectual property laws.

As a rule, we can only authorise our sponsors and licensees to use these Official Marks. We ask that this exclusivity of brand association with FIFA and its tournaments is respected. Third parties must avoid any activities that might create a commercial association and/or seek promotional exposure in connection with FIFA and its tournaments.

Third parties are allowed to use the text of any FIFA-produced articles, statistics or content that is available on FIFA.com as long as it is for purely editorial, non-commercial purposes, and provided that the source of the material is clearly indicated with the appropriate acknowledgement of credit.

However, this does not apply to protected materials such as images, logos, Reuters or any other non-FIFA.com articles that you might find on our official website.

Like many other organisations, FIFA commissions and acquires pictures for its website from various photographers and agencies. For that reason, our images are subject to copyright restrictions and we are not permitted to provide any of these images to third parties. Permission should be sought from the individual agencies or photographers concerned.

Images that are the property of FIFA may not be used for commercial purposes by third parties. Therefore, please contact our digital stock provider, Getty Images (www.gettyimages.co.uk).

We receive a significant number of such requests every day, many more than we are able to accommodate. For this reason, it is with some regret that we are unable to provide autographs from any senior FIFA officials upon request. For player and coach autographs, please contact the relevant football association or club.

FIFA’s football development and financial support for its 211 member associations includes a range of football materials such as refereeing equipment. Please contact your national association to find out what materials are available.

FIFA receives a large number of requests for donations and souvenirs from all over the world. We do not have the capacity to handle all of these individual requests, and we have had to take the difficult decision that we cannot offer any assistance in this area.

We take transparency and accessibility seriously as the global governing body of football. You can find the full range of FIFA publications and documents online in the Official Documents section on FIFA.com.

FIFA 1904 is a monthly magazine that is available as a print edition for FIFA’s 211 member associations and visitors to the Home of FIFA, and as an e-magazine for readers all over the world. It offers news and feature stories from FIFA and across the world of football, including reports on the biggest stars, in-depth analysis, interviews, photos, opinion, debates and much more. Click on the link to access FIFA 1904 online.

Information on our development courses can be found in the Development section of FIFA.com. However, please be aware that all of our courses are conducted with the assistance of our member associations and the confederations. For further information about the range of courses on offer, and for registration details, please contact your national football association.

FIFA supports the development of coaches and instructors with funding and technical assistance for training courses all over the world. All of our courses are conducted with the assistance of our member associations and the confederations. For further information about the range of courses on offer, and for registration details, please contact your national football association.

In order to apply for a FIFA Match Agent licence, interested individuals should first contact their local national association to request written confirmation that the candidate has a good reputation and that the association has no objection to the individual acting as a match agent, in line with article 5 of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations.

The interested individual should then send this confirmation with a written request/application to the FIFA general secretariat, in line with article 4 of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations.

The application should contain a formal declaration that the candidate has studied and accepted the terms and conditions of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations, and the provisions contained in article 3 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes.

Should the application be approved by FIFA, the candidate will be required to arrange his/her own professional liability insurance, in line with article 8 of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations.

For all events other than the FIFA World Cup™ and the FIFA Confederations Cup:

The player escort programme is managed by the Local Organising Committee of each tournament. If you are interested in finding out how you or your child could be involved in a future FIFA tournament, please contact the relevant Local Organising Committee.

For the FIFA World Cup™ and the FIFA Confederations Cup:

The player escort programme for the FIFA World Cup™ and the FIFA Confederations Cup is managed by one of our World Cup Sponsors – McDonald’s. If you are interested in finding out how you or your child could be involved at the FIFA World Cup™ or the FIFA Confederations Cup, please contact your local McDonald’s office.

The FIFA President is the highest representative of global football and responsible for ensuring that FIFA’s global strategy for football is delivered properly and effectively through the FIFA general secretariat. The President is selected via a democratic election at the FIFA Congress, once every four years. There are strict eligibility and integrity guidelines in place to ensure that individuals running for this position of responsibility are properly qualified, credible candidates. Please refer to our Electoral Regulations for the FIFA Presidency.

Volunteers are a vital part of our team at all FIFA events, making a considerable contribution to the success of our competitions. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for a FIFA tournament, please contact the Local Organising Committee of the tournament in which you are interested by checking the FIFA Tournaments section of FIFA.com.

FIFA provides a range of support to its member associations to help with the development and promotion of refereeing. The first step towards becoming a referee is to register with your national football association, and the second is to attend a basic refereeing course. Please contact your local refereeing coordinator, football club or national association, who will assist you accordingly.

First, you need to be a referee officiating regularly at the highest level of competition and have met the technical, fitness and medical requirements set by your national football association. Only then can your national football association nominate you for the FIFA Refereeing International Lists. The FIFA Referees Committee evaluates all nominees in October or November of every year, and the approved lists are published annually on FIFA.com, by no later than 3 January.

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FIFA does not comment on individual referees’ performances or specific match incidents.

FIFA works consistently to improve the standard of refereeing worldwide. Referees and assistant referees are assessed on their performance in all official matches, and these evaluations are taken into account when deciding on future appointments.

FIFA’s football development and financial support for its 211 member associations includes a range of football materials, such as refereeing equipment. Please contact your Member Association to find out what materials are available.

You may reproduce or translate the Laws of the Game in whole, or in part, under the following conditions:

- Permission is restricted to the current version of the Laws of the Game
- Reference must be made to the source and copyright
- Mention must be made that all rights are reserved by FIFA
- Mention must be made that they are the official Laws of the Game as passed by The International Football Association Board and published by FIFA
- The use of the reproduced text and imagery is solely editorial, and not commercial

FIFA continually reviews the game of football with a view to improving the universality and fairness of the sport. However, the only body able to decide on any change relating to the Laws of the Game is The International Football Association Board (The IFAB), which comprises FIFA and the national associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. For The IFAB to discuss your proposal, it first has to be sent to and approved by the football association in your country, before being submitted on your behalf. For further information, please contact The IFAB here.

In order to apply for a FIFA Match Agent licence, interested individuals should first contact their local national association to request written confirmation that the candidate has a good reputation and that the association has no objection to the individual acting as a match agent, in line with article 5 of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations.

The interested individual should then send this confirmation with a written request/application to the FIFA general secretariat, in line with article 4 of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations.

The application should contain a formal declaration that the candidate has studied and accepted the terms and conditions of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations, and the provisions contained in article 3 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes.

Should the application be approved by FIFA, the candidate will be required to arrange his/her own professional liability insurance, in line with article 8 of the FIFA Match Agents Regulations.

The Regulations on working with intermediaries can be found in the Laws and Regulations section on FIFA.com.

Information on acting as an intermediary and the registration process for intermediaries at an association required for any individual transaction can be found in the above regulations. Further background information on intermediaries is available in the Intermediaries section on FIFA.com.

The FIFA.com Club is FIFA’s official online fan community. It is open to football fans everywhere. As a Club member, you can interact with millions of fans from all over the world, share your views, enter contests, play games and win prizes. Club members receive exclusive offers from the FIFA.com store and also have the chance to apply for FIFA World Cup™ tickets. Register for the FIFA.com Club.

If you have any questions about using the site or are experiencing a technical problem on FIFA.com, simply check the “Technical problems on FIFA.com” box in the Contact FIFA section and we’ll try our best to help.

If you no longer wish to receive newsletters from FIFA.com, log in to your Club account and visit your Club overview page. Click on the “Edit My Profile” link in the top-right corner. You can subscribe or unsubscribe to the newsletter at any time simply by checking or unchecking the boxes in the Newsletter section on this page.

FIFA Partners have paid for the right to associate themselves and their brand with all FIFA events throughout their agreement with FIFA. There are different kinds of sponsors for different events, so please refer to the relevant tournament in our FIFA Tournaments section on FIFA.com for further information.

Yes. Sponsorship is an important part of our efforts to raise revenue to support the development, governance and promotion of football worldwide. Our sponsorship strategy is outlined in the Marketing/Sponsorship section of FIFA.com.

As soon as we have confirmed who will hold the rights to create the official music for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, you will be able to contact them directly regarding your song. In the meantime, please keep checking FIFA.com for updates.

The Home of FIFA

The Home of FIFA is the headquarters of the world’s governing body of football. This exceptional building by Swiss architect Tilla Theus is also symbolically the home of the international football community, of the 211 member associations and the 270 million players, coaches, referees and other participants around the world.